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Author:

Vargas Machuca, Bernardo de, 1557-1622.

Title:

The Indian militia and description of the Indies / Bernardo de Vargas Machuca ; edited by Kris Lane ; translated by Timothy F. Johnson from the original Spanish edition, 1599.

Publisher:

Duke University Press,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

lxxiv, 293 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

America--Early accounts to 1600.
Indians of the West Indies--Early works to 1800.
Indians of South America--Early works to 1800.
Military art and science--Early works to 1800.--America--Military art and science--Early works to 1800.
America--Spanish--Spanish--Early works to 1800.

Other Authors:

Lane, Kris E., 1967-

Other Titles:

Milicia y descripción de las Indias. English.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-288) and index.

Contents:

Introductory study -- Approvals, dedications, and sonnets -- Book one of the Indian militia -- Book two of the Indian militia -- Book three of the Indian militia -- Book four of the Indian militia -- A brief description of all the western Indies -- Hydrography of the coasts and seas of the Indies -- Geography of the most distinguished kingdoms and provinces of the Indies -- Compendium of the sphere -- Declaration of the proper names of this book -- Appendix 1: A posthumous report on Bernardo de Vargas Machuca's services, ca. 1622 -- Appendix 2: Selections from The defense of western conquests, ca. 1603.

Series:

The cultures and practice of violence.

ISBN:

0822343142 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780822343141 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0822342979 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780822342977 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)228676597

LCCN:

2008020714

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)